The
serpentine form is the Scriptural symbol of evil, a symbol which runs through the Bible from the first whisper of error in the third chapter of Genesis to the final destruction of the dragon in Revelation.
Through
her discovery of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy proved that the Christ, the power which evidences the presence of God, is always at hand to meet every discordant condition of human existence.
While
the purpose of physical science is largely to describe and explain the material universe, the objective of Christian Science is to translate the material universe back into the spiritual substance that constitutes creation as God forms it.